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Flemington Community Hub

The new Djerring Flemington Community Hub, situated at Debney’s Park, replaces the previous sports club pavilion and community center. The revamped site features an extensive community hub, a cricket oval, two soccer pitches, and an existing car park. The hub aims to be a unifying space for the community, offering vibrant, flexible facilities, including activity rooms, family spaces, and creative areas. The center is a 5 Star Green Star rated building, fostering sustainability and welcoming people of all ages and backgrounds.
The roof of the structure is composed of 24m spanning spotted gum glue laminated timber portal frames supporting glue laminated timber purlins. These portal frames are supported by timber external that are vertically isolated from the level one structure. The level one structure is a two-way spanning flat slab supported by block and insitu RC walls and insitu RC columns. These are then supported by a suspended ground slab with beam grillage and two way slab panels over 16m deep driven piles.

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Croxon Ramsay
2020 to 2023
$20M
Sitting on what was an existing tip and a Coode Island silt layer, unfavorable gases were detected along with other contaminants below the surface. 16-metre-deep driven piles were required to be adopted for the foundation design as a result. The suspended floor connections were also required to be sealed effectively to negate any gases potentially entering the building. The other main challenge was resolving building compliance issues around the timber structure. This was resolved by isolating the external timber columns to only support the portal frames and roof structure.

Architect:

Croxon Ramsay

Year:

2020 to 2023

Construction Budget:

$20M

Challenges:

Sitting on what was an existing tip and a Coode Island silt layer, unfavorable gases were detected along with other contaminants below the surface. 16-metre-deep driven piles were required to be adopted for the foundation design as a result. The suspended floor connections were also required to be sealed effectively to negate any gases potentially entering the building. The other main challenge was resolving building compliance issues around the timber structure. This was resolved by isolating the external timber columns to only support the portal frames and roof structure.
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ANDREW GALL, Director

Argall was founded in 2017 by Andrew Gall, an engineer with a passion for complex design and breaking the mould. His work experience as a senior structural engineer across a variety of project disciplines made him realise there was a real need for a bespoke people and service-oriented structural engineering consultancy that would inspire sustainability practices and innovation often lacking in big companies.

This is over and above his experience in traditional procurement roles, his work with builders in the design and construct field, managing projects in sport, tertiary education, the arts and zoological fields, as well as community, commercial, residential and multi- residential enterprises. With such a wealth of knowledge and understanding of different design methodologies, he has the expertise to challenge the status quo in his new venture.

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